COMPANIES THAT DONâ€™T TEST ON
ANIMALS

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of companies are on the
â€˜Donâ€™t Testâ€™ list?

The list includes
cosmetics, personal care, and household cleaning product companies only. PETAâ€™sCaring Consumer Project was founded
upon the fact that no law requires animal testing of these types of products,
so manufacturers of these products have no excuse for animal testing and should
be boycotted until they change to a non-animal-testing policy.

The list does not
include companies that manufacture only products that are required by law to be
tested on animals (e.g., pharmaceuticals, automotive and garden chemicals, food
additives, etc.). While PETA is opposed to all animal testing, our quarrel in
this matter is with the regulatory agencies that require animal testing.
Nonetheless, it is important to let companies know that it is their
responsibility to convince the regulatory agencies that there is a better way
to determine product safety.

The â€œDonâ€™t Testâ€
list may include companies that manufacture both products that are and products
that are not required to be tested on animals, but, in order to be listed, each
company has stated that it does not conduct any animal tests that are not
required by law.

How does a company get on the list?

Companies listed
either have signed PETAâ€™s statement of assurance or provided a statement
verifying that they do not conduct or commission any nonrequired animal tests
on ingredients, formulations, or finished products and that they pledge not to
do so in the future.

How do I know that these companies
really donâ€™t test on animals?

To a degree, the
statement of assurance is a matter of trust. However, companies are putting
their integrity on the line when they respond to consumers. A company that has
publicly announced an end to its animal tests and states in writing that it
doesnâ€™t test on animals would face a public relations disaster (and potential
lawsuits) if it were caught testing on animals. Companies are well aware that
consumers are serious about the issue of animal testing, and they know that it
would ruin the publicâ€™s confidence in their products if it were discovered that
they were being dishonest about their animal-testing policies.

What about a product whose label says, â€˜No
Animal Testing,â€™ but whose manufacturing company is not on
w:st="on">PETAâ€™s â€˜Donâ€™t Testâ€™ list?

Labels can be
deceiving, so be careful. No specific laws exist regarding cruelty-free
labeling of products, so companies can take liberties. While it is unlikely
that a company would put blatantly false information
regarding its animal-testing practices on its products, the statements it does
make may not be fully informative
and may indeed mislead consumers. For example, the label on Clairolâ€™s Herbal
Essence shampoo states that it is not tested on animals; Clairol, however, does
test other products on animals. Many animal-testing companies have some
cruelty-free products, but we must boycott all the companiesâ€™ products in order
to pressure them into stopping all animal tests. If the label on a companyâ€™s
product says that it is not tested on animals and the company isnâ€™t on either
of PETAâ€™s lists, please share the
companyâ€™s contact information with
w:st="on">PETA so that we can formally inquire about the
companyâ€™s animal-testing policy. Likewise, if you communicate with a company
that claims to be cruelty-free, please ask for a statement in writing and copy
the statement to PETA. We will
communicate with the company to see if it meets all our cruelty-free criteria.
Meanwhile, PETA recommends purchasing
products made only by companies on our â€œDonâ€™t Testâ€ list.

Some companies are
not educated about or sensitive to the suffering of animals in the production
of certain products that do not involve the actual slaughter of the animal.
w:st="on">PETA attempts to educate these companies, but some
have persisted in inaccurately labeling their products as free of animal
ingredients even though it is a fact that honey, lanolin, etc., are animal
products. Our advice is always to read the entire label before believing such a
statement, and we encourage you to voice your complaints to these companies as
well. For our free list of â€œAnimal Ingredients and Their Alternatives,â€ please
contact PETA.

How often are PETAâ€™s product lists
updated?

PETAâ€™s â€œDo Testâ€
and â€œDonâ€™t Testâ€ factsheets are updated approximately every two to four months
to reflect additions (e.g., if we are informed
of a new companyâ€™s non-animal-testing policy), deletions (e.g., if a
non-animal-testing company is purchased by an animal-testing company or if a
company goes out of business), changes in contact information,
etc. These factsheets are based on the most current information
available at the time of printing. Companies identified as conducting animal
tests may have changed their animal-testing policies after this edition was
printed.

PETA reserves the
right to choose which companies will be included, based on company policy.
Inclusion on any list is not an endorsement of a company or any of its products
by PETA. Please contact PETA if you have any questions
about the status of listed companies or if you know the address of a company
that is not listed.

PETA also publishes product lists in two other
formats: a pocket-sized cruelty-free shopping guide, updated twice yearly, and
the Shopping Guide for
w:st="on">Caring Consumers, an annually updated directory
of companies that donâ€™t test on animals, which includes lists of their
products, coupons, and contact information.
To order either, contact PETA.

The following
companies manufacture products that ARE NOT tested on animals. Those marked
with an asterisk (*) manufacture strictly vegan productsâ€”made without animal
ingredients, such as milk and egg byproducts, slaughterhouse byproducts,
lanolin from sheep, honey, or beeswax (for a list of animal ingredients and
their alternatives, please contact PETA
or visit CaringConsumer.com). Companies without an asterisk may offer some
vegan products. Some of the company names are followed by the name of their
parent or subsidiary company or by examples of products manufactured by that
company.

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*The company
makes or sells strictly vegan products.

The
companyâ€™s products can be purchased through the PETA â€œmallâ€ at PETAMall.com,
and PETA will receive 5 to 10 percent of every purchase at no additional cost
to you.

Companion-Animal Food
Manufacturers

Whatâ€™s wrong with pet food?

Most
caring consumers would never guess that lonely dogs and cats are confined to
tiny, barren laboratory cages for years on end and subjected to horrible
experiments in order to test dog and cat food.

To
expose this tragedy, PETA conducted a nine-month undercover investigation of a
laboratory that performed cruel animal tests for Iams and other major
companion-animal food companies. What our investigator uncovered would outrage
anyone with a heart:

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dumped on cold concrete flooring after having chunks of muscle cut out of their
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who severed dogsâ€™ vocal cords in order to keep them quiet

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dogs who were languishing in their cages without veterinary care

These
animals suffered so that Iams and other companion-animal food companies could
slap â€œnew and improvedâ€ labels on their products. The following companies make
top-quality food for dogs and catsâ€”without harming animals in laboratories.
Please help us drive animal abusers out of business by buying only from these
companies. Companies not on this list either responded that they do conduct
laboratory experiments on animals or they failed to respond to our numerous
inquiries and are assumed to conduct laboratory experiments on animals.

For
more information about how dog and
cat food is contaminated with cruelty and to find the most up-to-date list of
companies that donâ€™t test on animals, check out www.IamsCruelty.com.